Hyundai Motor Group selects 200 university students in Indonesia, Vietnam for youth education program

100 students each selected for Indonesia's 3rd cohort, Vietnam's 7th cohort

Participating Indonesian universities expand to 3; 400 youths to receive tutoring

Top performers to be invited to Korea this month

Graduates of the second cohort and newly selected third-cohort volunteers of the Hyundai Jump School Indonesia program pose for a group photo at the ceremony held at the Westin Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday (local time). [Hyundai Motor Group]

Hyundai Motor Group has selected 200 university students in Indonesia and Vietnam to provide educational volunteering and career mentoring for local youth. In Indonesia, the number of participating universities has grown from two to three, while in Vietnam the group plans to expand cultural experience programs offered in partnership with the Korean Cultural Center.

Hyundai Motor Group announced Thursday that it held the Hyundai Jump School Indonesia second-cohort graduation and third-cohort launch ceremony at the Westin Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday (local time).

Hyundai Jump School is a corporate social responsibility program in which university students help young people with their studies, while company employees and professional mentors in turn support the university students' career and professional development.

About 240 people attended the event, including Lee Geun-young, executive director of Hyundai Motor Indonesia, Solehan, director general of industry at Indonesia's Ministry of Industry, and representatives from local universities and student volunteers. Certificates of completion were presented to second-cohort volunteers, and scholarship certificates were awarded to the incoming third cohort.

One hundred university students were selected for the third cohort in Indonesia — 40 from the University of Indonesia, and 30 each from the Bandung Institute of Technology and the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Surabaya.

The addition of the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember marks the first time a third university has joined the program in Indonesia. Hyundai Motor Group will work with all three institutions to run educational volunteering activities for youth and career mentoring sessions for the student volunteers.

The third-cohort volunteers will support the learning and development of around 400 local youths through June next year. The student volunteers themselves will also receive guidance on career planning and professional development from Hyundai Motor Group employees and outside professional mentors.

Graduates of the sixth cohort and newly selected seventh-cohort volunteers of the Hyundai Jump School Vietnam program pose for a group photo at the ceremony held at the InterContinental Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sept. 12 (local time). [Hyundai Motor Group]

A new cohort has also begun its activities in Vietnam.

Hyundai Motor Group held the Hyundai Jump School Vietnam sixth-cohort graduation and seventh-cohort launch ceremony at the InterContinental Hotel in Hanoi on Sept. 12 (local time). The event drew 218 attendees, including Heo Jun-haeng, executive director for Hyundai Motor's Vietnam operations, and representatives from Vietnam National University and the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam.

One hundred sixth-cohort student volunteers who had served over the past year completed the program, and 100 new seventh-cohort volunteers were selected to carry on their work.

The program's content is also being broadened. Hyundai Motor Group plans to work with the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam to expand cultural experience activities for local youth, on top of the existing academic support offerings.

A cross-border exchange program will also be held. This month, top-performing student volunteers from Indonesia's second cohort and Vietnam's sixth cohort will be invited to Korea, where students from all three countries will meet and share their educational volunteering experiences.

Hyundai Motor Group first launched Hyundai Jump School in South Korea in 2013, expanded it to Vietnam in 2020, and extended operations to Indonesia in 2024. Participating students receive scholarships, capacity-building programs and mentoring from company employees and outside professionals, while top performers are offered the opportunity to visit Korea.

"Hyundai Jump School is creating a virtuous cycle of learning — one in which young people grow into university student volunteers, and those volunteers develop into future leaders of society," a Hyundai Motor Group official said. "We will continue to support young people and university students in building the capabilities they need for the future through tailored support and exchange programs suited to each country's educational environment."

kwater@heraldcorp.com